Thursday, October 6, 2011

Gilby Clarke was doing an audience Q&A last weekend at Rockmässan in Malmö, Sweden, when the subject of a Guns N’ Roses reunion came up.

"I've always said if it's really a real reunion where Slash is involved, then I would do it, but I probably feel the same that you guys feel," Gilby replied. "I think most people wanna see the original five [members] — with Izzy [Stradlin, guitar] and Steven [Adler, drums] — and I agree; that was a great band. But if they want other people — myself and Matt [Sorum, drums], then I would do it. But I would only do it if Slash was involved."

This will be THE hot rock topic for some time, as GNR are among 15 finalists considered for entry into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class of 2012. The induction status will be decided by industry vote, the results of which should be known mid-December, if the results timeline falls the same way it did last year.

GNR was nominated in its first year of eligibility, which happens 25 years after an artist’s debut recording is released.

If GNR does get voted in, the presentation and/or performance could be very awkward, given the years of public animosity displayed by some, and indifference by others. It’ll be up to the original GNR lineup to figure things out for what could/would happen at the Hall Of Fame’s 27th annual ceremony in Cleveland on April 14, 2012.

The fans are already speculating, the former band members are being asked about it by the media, and things will continue that way for about the next 60 days, or so.

And then the heat could get turned up big time…taking things to a whole other level.